The biomechanics of running on level surfaces has been extensively researched, but there is limited knowledge on the biomechanical adaptations of curvilinear running. The purpose of this study was to investigate the electromyographic activity (EMG) of the lower leg muscles…

Liberalising trade is not limited to diminishing trade barriers or decreasing tariffs rates, but also ensuring that these efforts are maintained: this is the role of competition rules., It is common knowledge that for decades Countries have been trying to…

Resumen en español: Analizamos el conocimiento ecológico tradicional (C.E.T.) de un grupo maya sobre el lagarto (Crocodylus moreletii) en el contexto de la cacería realizada en las décadas de 1960 y 1970. Hoy, después de la veda total a la…

New digital communication applications, such as multimedia, require very powerful error correcting codes that deliver low error rates while operating at low to moderate ratios (SNRs). Turbo codes have reasonable complexity and can achieve very low error rates if a…

Multi-drug or pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) is a universally acquired mechanism that is evolutionarily conserved. Saccharomyces cerevisiae serves as an excellent model organism for studying this phenomenon in pathogenic fungi, such as Candida albicans. In yeast, PDR is most often…

One of the primary challenges facing researchers and practitioners in their efforts to address issues of poverty and environment is the need to deepen our understanding of the logic that guides local people's decisions over resource use, particularly among the…

Five hundred years of Christian martyrdom are represented in the Ecclesiae militantis triumphi (1583). Engraved by Giovanni Battista Cavalieri, the series that was bound into a book reproduces a fresco cycle in the church of San Stefano Rotondo in Rome.…

The Province of Quebec launched a province-wide reform of its schools and adult education centres in 1997 to respond to the exigencies of an increasingly multicultural population, and the requirements of a knowledge-based society. The reform aims to enhance democracy…

The purpose of the present study was to examine Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) and to expand the research based knowledge in the area. PAS entails both psychological processes and legal dimensions as it occurs primarily within the context of custody…

This thesis investigates cross-modal interactions in auditory and visual perception, focusing on the perception of expressive musical performances. A primary aim of the work is to advance knowledge pertaining to how and when musicians' body movements influence an observer's overall…